The Oxylog, a portable breath-by-breath gas analyser, was used on seven animals to determine standing metabolic rate, energy cost of walking on soils of different consistencies and efficiency of work ploughing and carting. The average standing metabolic rate of animals was 5.63 (s.e. 0.12) W/kg M...
Fall, Abdou
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Pearson, R.A.
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Lawrence, P.R.
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[Nutrition of draught oxen in semi-arid West Africa. 1. Energy expenditure by oxen working on soils of different consistencies]
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Nutrition of draught oxen in semi-arid West Africa. 1. Energy expenditure by oxen working on soils of different consistencies
Eighteen oxen were allotted to three treatment groups according to their body condition: poor, medium and good. Work output, speed, live weight and body condition were measured during 7 weeks when animals worked 4 days/ week, 4 h/day, pulling loads equivalent to 12.5 kg/100 kg live weight. The an...
Fall, Abdou
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Pearson, R.A.
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Fernández Rivera, S.
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[Nutrition of draught oxen in semi-arid West Africa. 3. Effect of body condition prior to work and weight losses during work on food intake and work output]
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Nutrition of draught oxen in semi-arid West Africa. 3. Effect of body condition prior to work and weight losses during work on food intake and work output
Two experiments were conducted to investigate the relationships between work and intake and digestion of food by draught oxen given millet stover. In the first experiment, intake of millet stover, water intake, live weight, plasma concentrations of triiodothyronine, thyroxine and urea-nitrogen we...
Fall, Abdou
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Pearson, R.A.
,
Lawrence, P.R.
,
Fernández Rivera, S.
,
[Nutrition of draught oxen in semi-arid West Africa. 2. Effect of work on intake, apparent digestibility and rate of passage of food through the gastro-intestinal tract in draught oxen given crop residues]
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Nutrition of draught oxen in semi-arid West Africa. 2. Effect of work on intake, apparent digestibility and rate of passage of food through the gastro-intestinal tract in draught oxen given crop residues